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Books in the Families genre:

Dream Days (1898)

This is the second volume of Kenneth Grahame’s reminiscences of childhood and includes his story The Reluctant Dragon. There were at least three variant bindings of the British first edition. The American first edition was slightly smaller form... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Charles Robinson

Emma (1898)

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, fancies her self a match-maker, but after her first effort, she can’t seem to do anything right.

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): C. E. Brock

The History of Henry Esmond, Esq (1898)

A romance of the early eighteenth century in Thackeray’s best style. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): William Makepeace Thackeray
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

Mansfield Park (1898)

Sir Thomas Bertram considers he is bestowing a great favor on Fanny Price when he takes her into his home, but in the end finds himself in her debt.

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): C. E. Brock

No Thoroughfare (1898)

Based on a stage play co-written with Wilkie Collins, this is the story of two orphans given the same name and the search for a missing heir. The title page by Bedford; frontis by Goodman.... View More

Northanger Abbey (1898)

In Northanger Abbey Catherine Morland spends six weeks in Bath where she makes the acquaintance of General Tilney’s son and daughter. When the General invites her to return with them to Northanger Abbey she is prepared for all the gothic horror... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): C. E. Brock

Pride and Prejudice (1898)

When Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy refuses to dance with her, Elizabeth Bennett is confirmed in her prejudice that he is filled with pride. On further acquaintance she is forced to revise her opinion.

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): C. E. Brock

Boy Life on the Prairie (1899)

An account of growing up on an Iowa farm shortly after the Civil War. Considered by many the author’s best work and one of the outstanding accounts of growing up in the Midwest in the nineteenth century. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hamlin Garland
Illustrator(s): Edwin Willard Deming

The Golden Age (1899)

This is a collection of stories and reminiscences of Kenneth Grahame’s childhood. This is the first edition with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. The plates were reproduced in half-tone as the publisher was not happy with the color reproducti... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Maxfield Parrish

The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain (1899)

Professor Redlaw is haunted by his anger at past slights but learns forgetting will not heal him -- he must forgive. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune (1899)

The poor but honest Bastable children, Oswald, Dora, Dickie, Alice, Noel and H.O. attempt to restore the family fortunes with various schemes. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Lewis Baumer
Gordon Browne

The April Baby’s Book of Tunes (1900)

An English mother entertains her three young German daughters by setting English nursery rhymes to music. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth von Arnim
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

A Little Handful (1900)

Story of a six year old boy who will get his own way.

Author(s): Harriet J. Scripps
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

The Vicar of Wakefield (1900)

The vicar endures the sufferings of Job, but all comes right in the end.

Author(s): Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers (1901)

After being sent to the country “to learn to be good”, the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Reginald Birch

The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers (1901)

After being sent to the country “to learn to be good,” the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at Archive.org.... View More

Dream Days (1902)

This is the second volume of Kenneth Grahame’s reminiscences of childhood. It includes the well known story of The Reluctant Dragon. The illustrations by Maxfield Parrish were in color and so printed in the periodical printing in The Illustrate... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Maxfield Parrish

Five Children and It (1902)

Five children on holiday discover a sand fairy in a local quarry -- and it grants their wishes, with sometimes surprising results. Download our free ebook: EPUB. This is for ebook readers. Click the button, and the ePub file will go to your default ... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar
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The Flight of Pony Baker (1902)

Pony decides nobody understands him at home and decides to run away, but can’t seem to quite carry it off. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Dean Howells
Illustrator(s): Florence Scovel Shinn

An Old-Fashioned Girl (1902)

Polly, a simple ‘old-fashioned’ girl from the country visits her wealthy friend Fanny in the big city.

Author(s): Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

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